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B. R. BENJAMIN.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 17.1915.

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GRAIN-SHOCKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1'2, 1917.

Application filed July 17, 1915. Serial No. 40,407.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT R. BENJAMIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in G-raimShockers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to grain Shockers.

It has for its object to adjust the binding mechanism of a binder and the sheaf delivery mechanism of a shocker relative to each other in such a manner that the bands may be maintained in proper position upon the bundles delivered from the binder and that v the sheaf delivery member of the shocker may be maintained in the desired relation to these bundles as they are discharged from the binder. I attain these objects by an improved adjusting mechanism connected between the shocker and the binder and operatively connected to the binding mechanism on the latter in such a manner that an operator on the binder by a single operation may adjust both, the sheaf delivery member of the shocker and the binding mechanism of the binder, each of the same preferably being moved relative to the other and relative to the binder.

In the accompanying drawings I have, for purposes of illustration, shown one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a binder and shocker equipped with my improvement, both the binding mechanism of the former and the shocker being shown in difi'erent positions.

Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation showing the adjusting mechanism, the bulk of the binder being omitted to facilitate clearness of illustration.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of aportion of the connecting mechanism taken on line 33 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 41 is a sectional view on line 44 of i Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 3'.

In these drawings I have shown a binder 1 of standard construction having a deck 2 and binding mechanism 3 adjustable in a Well known manner with respect thereto to change the position of the bundle bands. Extending stubblewardly beneath this deck 2 is a support of pipe 4 on which is slidably supported the tongue 5 of a shocker 6. This shocker is, for purposes of illustration, shown to be of the Raney type and is provided with a sheaf delivery member or fork 7 which, when in sheaf receiving position, rests on the pipe 4 at a point beneath and on the stubbleward side of the sheaf discharge mechanism 8 on the binder and delivers the sheaves to a rearwardly dumping shock receptacle, turning the same end for end during the delivery process.

The shocker is so connected to the binder, in order to adapt it to use in grain of different lengths, that it may be adjusted longitudinally with respect to the binder 1 and the support 4. This is accomplished by the use of mechanism which is itself the invention of Clemma Raney and Robert C. Livesay, the same comprising a laterally extending pipe or connecting member 9 which, at its stubbleward end, is journaled at 10 upon the frame of the shocker and at its grainward end is journaled at 11 upon the seat pipe 12 of the binder. As shown, this connection 9 is provided with a flexible joint 13 between its ends and is adjustable by the operator on the binder through a suitable controlling or adjusting lever 14 and a counterbalancing spring 15 to move the shocker longitudinally, a depending arm 16 being attached to the member 9 at its stubbleward end and adjustably connected pivotally to a longitudinally extending rod 17 which is in turn connected pivotally at 18 to the support or pipe 4:. The efl'ect of such a construction is that when the operator of the binder moves the operating lever 14, the member 9 is rocked in its bearings in such a manner as to move the depending arm 16 angularly and thereby, through the rod 17, cause the shocker to be adjusted longitudinally with respect to the binder from the full line position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 to the dotted'line position shown therein.

In my improvement I have provided a connection between the member 9 and the binding mechanism of the binder so that when the shocker is thus adjusted, the binding mechanism on the binder is also adjusted, the same being moved through a slightly greater degree of movement than the shocker so that the bands are always maintained in proper position upon the bundles discharged from the binder and the desired relation between these bundles and the sheaf delivery member 7 on the shocker is always maintained. This connection is shown herein in the form of a longitudinally extending rod 19 which is pivotally connected at its rear end at 20 to an upstanding portion or arm 21 fixed to the member 9 and rotatable therewith as the latter is rocked in its bearings. At its front end this rod is pivotally connected at 22 to a bracket 23 fixed by a bolt 24 to the movablesupport or pipe 25 of the binding mechanism, which is, as usual, slidably mounted in one or more supports 26 on the frame of the harvester.

In the operation of my improved construction, when it is desired to shift or adjust the shocker relative to the flow of grain from the binder, the lever 14': is moved to rock the member 9 in its bearings, the spring 15 aiding in this operation when the lever is shifted forward. Through the connection 17 the shocker is then adjusted to or from the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1 so that the position of the delivery member 7 is shifted longitudinally with respect to the fiow of grain from the binder deck. Through the connection 19 the binding mechanism 3 of the binder is also shifted 'or moved longitudinally with respect to the binder in the same operation, the pipe 25 then sliding in the guide 26 in such a manner as to move the binding mechanism in the same direction and through a slightly longer path of movement than the shocker has been moved. By such a construction the band is always adjusted with respect to the grain flowing over the binder deck as the fork is adjusted relative to the discharged bundles; the latter, as a. result, being properly bound and so placed upon the fork that the tines of the same may penetrate them in proper relation with respect to their bands and otherwise increase thesgeneral efliciency of the deliverv mechanism.

It is obvious that in my improved construct-ion a transversely disposed link 27 may be connected between the member 9 and a portion of the shocker frame 6 in order to prevent separation of the parts in turning,

or the like, all after the manner of the'connectmg member provided in the Haney and Livesay construction acknowledged above,

this link, if desired, being attached at its 'rainward end to a bolt 29 which at the same time acts to fix the arm 21 of the member 9. It is also obvious that with my improvement the link 17 may be adjustably connected to the depending arm 16 by means .such a case it is obvious that the movement of the binding varied.

lVhile I have in this application described specifically one form which my invention may assume in practice, it is to be understood that this form is used for purposes of illustration and that the invention may be embodied in other forms and modified both in its construction and connections without departing from its spirit, it being my intention to include all such modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. I11 combination, a binder, binding mechanism thereon adjustable with respect thereto, a shocker operatively'connected to the binder, and means for adjusting the shocker and binding mechanism relative to mechanism will also be the binder and to each other in a single operation. 7

2. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism thereon adjustable with respect thereto, a shocker operatively connected to the binder, and single means operable from the binder whereby the shocker and binding mechanism may be adjusted relative to the binder and to each other.

3. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism thereon adjustable with respect thereto, a shocker operatively connected to the binder, and means including a single operating member whereby the shocker and binding mechanism may be adjusted relative to the binder and to each other.

4. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism movable with respect thereto to adjust the bands on the sheaves, a shocker operatively connected to said binder, a sheaf delivery member 011 said shocker, and means for moving said binding mechanism to adjust a sheaf band and in the same operation adjusting said sheaf delivery member relative to the sheaf. p

5. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism thereon adjustable with respect thereto, a shocker operatively connected to the binder, and single means operable from the binder whereby the shocker and binding mechanism may be adjusted relative to the binder and to each other, one of the same being moved through a longer path than the other. I r

6. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism adjustable with respect thereto, a shocker operatively connected to. the binder, a normally prostrate sheaf delivery .member on the shocker, and means operable from the binder for shifting said delivery member relative to the binder and in the same operation shifting said binding mechanism relative to said delivery member.

'7. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism adjustable with respect thereto, a.

shocker operatively connected to the binder, a normally prostrate sheaf delivery member on the shocker, and means operable from the binder for shifting said delivery member relative to the binder and simultaneously shifting said binding mechanism a greater distance in the same direction.

8. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism thereon adjustable with respect thereto, a shocker operatively connected to the binder, a transversely disposed member journaled on said binder and shocker, and operative connections between said member and said binding mechanism whereby the latter may be adjusted relative to the binder.

9. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism adjustable with respect thereto, a shocker operatively connected to the binder, a transversely disposed draft member journaled on said shocker and binder and rotatable in its bearings, and operative connections between said draft member and said binding mechanism including a crank and link connection.

10. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism adjustably mounted thereon, a shocker o i-eratively connected to the binder, a draft member journaled on said shocker and binder and rotatable in its bearings, operative connections between said draft member and said binder whereby the shocker may be adjusted longitudinally with respect thereto, and supplemental operative connections between said draft member and said binding mechanism whereby the latter may be adjusted relative to the binder.

11. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism adjustably mounted thereon, a shocker operatively connected to the binder, a draft member journaled on said shocker and binder and rotatable in its bearings, op-

erative connections between said draft member and said binder whereby the shocker may be adjusted longitudinally with respect thereto, supplemental operative connections between said draft member and said binding mechanism whereby the latter may be adjusted relative to the binder, and means whereby the range of movement of one of said adjustable elements may be varied.

12. In combination, a binder, binding mechanism adjustably mounted thereon, a shocker operatively connected to the binder, a draft member journaled on said shocker and binder and rotatable in its bearings, operative connections between said draft member and said binder whereby the shocker may be adjusted longitudinally with respect thereto, supplemental operative connections between said draft member and said binding mechanism whereby the latter may be adjusted relative to the binder, and means whereby the movement of said movable elements upon a given movement of said draft member may be varied.

13. In combination, a binder, a binder deck thereon, binding mechanism slidable longitudinally with respect to said deck, a shocker operatively connected to said binder and adjustable longitudinally with respect thereto, a transversely disposed draft member journaled on said binder and shocker, a plurality of crank members 011 said draft member, an operating member for said draft member operable from said binder, and a plurality of links, one connecting one of said crank members to said binding mechanism and the other connecting the other of said crank members to a fixed part of said binder.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

BERT R. BENJAMIN.

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